Week 9 Assignment: Costs and Benefits of Performance Improvement Preparation Complete the following: Research the costs and benefits associated with the changes required to bring th

Week 9 Assignment: Costs and Benefits of Performance Improvement

Preparation

Complete the following:

• Research the costs and benefits associated with the changes required to bring the government programs in your chosen country (from the Unit 3 assignment) up to the standards exemplified by the best practices of the model country you identified in the Unit 5 assessment.
• Research and consider ways to measure the benefits of program performance.

Deliverable

Complete the following:

• Describe briefly the scope of changes needed to raise your chosen country's care standards to the levels reached by your model country. Limit your focus to a single program, department, or initiative relative to the issue and area you chose to focus on in your Unit 3 assignment. Document any assumptions you make.
• Discuss a significant benefit of the program from the perspective of either the government or the health care consumer.
• Identify and discuss the major costs (that is, personnel, education, equipment, et cetera) associated with implementing the described changes.
• Identify a source (private, NGO, or government) that could be a likely or reasonable source to help fund this quality improvement project. Explain your reasoning.
• Consider performance measures to assess program performance. Complete both of the following:
  • Qualitative: Explain a way to qualitatively assess the program performance. Why is this an effective way to assess it?
  • Quantitative: Discuss a model that you would choose to quantitatively assess the program performance. Why is this an effective way to assess it?

Additional Requirements

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
• Number of resources: Use a minimum of three resources.
• Length: 5–7 double-spaced pages, not including the references page.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Portfolio Prompt: You are required to save this learning activity to your ePortfolio.

Resources

• APA Style and Format.
• Capella University Library.
• ePortfolio.